Firearm-trigger.



T. J. GAHILL.

FIREARM TRIGGER. Arrmou'lo'y FILED sari-.15, 1910i 1,011,154. Patented'Dec. 12,1911.

' UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS JOHN CAI-IILL, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

FIREARM-TRIGGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1911.

Application filed September 15, 1910. Serial No. 582,240.

To all whom 'it 'may concern:

' Be it known that I, THOMAS JOHN CAHiLL,

, a citizen of Australia, residing at San Franci'sco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Firearm-Triggers,

. of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fire arms, such for instance as toy guns for discharging pea 10' finger'piece or grip section which can beworn on the finger and readily applied to the portion of the trigger mounted .in the stock of the gun when it is desired to discharge the shot, the trigger being normally ,stored'in a compartment in the stock when the gun is not in use. 0

With these objects 1n view and others, as

will appear as the description proceeds, the

invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a side view of the gun with a por tion broken away toshow the stem of the trigger to which the finger piece is appl ed, the finger piece being shown in posit-ion. Fig. is a perspective view of the finger piece.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views. I 4

Referring to the drawing A designates an ordinary toy gun equipped with the usual hammer mechanism. The trigger for snapping the hammer 1 is provided with a detachable finger piece 2 that is formed with a shank 3 that has'a socket 4 for receiving the stem 5 of the portion of the trigger mounted in the'gun'stoek. The finger piece is formed with 'a loop 6 like the handle-j of a scissorsblade so that; two fingers can be inserted in the loop and thereby prevent the finger piece from turning around when the same is being applied to the stem 5 of the trlgger. The gun stock has a socket 7, which tapers inwardly so as to guide the shank 3 of the finger piece'into engagement with the stem of the trigger, and the socket is large enough to permit the trigger to be pulled back when the 'hammer is tobe snapped. When thefinger piece is not in use it is "stored in a compartment 8 in the shoulder end of the stock, said compartment being closed-by a door 9. The finger piece will never be left on the stem 5 when the gun is not in use so that there will be no danger of accidental discharge of the gun.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, theadvantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily. apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and While I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the apparatus which I nowconsider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes maybe made when desired as are Within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

-Ha ving thus described the invention what is claimed as new, is

1. A gun including ahammer, a trigger therefor consisting of a section mounted Wholly in the stock of the gun, and a removable finger piece section.

2. A gun including a stock having a socket, a trigger in the stock provided with a stem disposed in the socket, and a removable finger piece adapted to enter the socket 1 4 and fit on the stem.

3. A gun trigger consisting of a part provided with a stem of non-c1rcular cross section, and a finger piece removably fitted to and frictionally heldon the stem and including an elliptical loop for receiving a plurality of fingers. I

LA gun triggerconsisting of separahly connected parts, one part having a socket of non-circular cross section and the other having an extremity to fit in the socket in combination with a gun stock in which one of the parts is wholly contained.

5.: A gun including a stock having an upwardly tapering socket. in its under portion,

a trigger mounted the stock and having a downwardly-extending stem with its lower end terminating within the socket, and a removable finger piece having a socketed end arranged to enter the socket of the stock 5 and fit on thestem of the 'trigger whereby the trigger can be actuated for releasing the hammer of the gun.

In testimony whereof-I afi'ix my signature in' presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS JOHN GAHILL.

Witnesses:

' JAMES H. STIRLING,

PETER RELEs. 

